A binary logistic regression analysis of the association between household food insecurity and depressive symptoms among adolescent girls in north-eastern Ghana
| Statistical model | Food secure | Mild food insecurity | Moderate food insecurity | Severe food insecurity | |||
| OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Model 1 (Crude) | Ref | 1.54 (0.84 to 2.81) | 0.160 | 2.40 (1.31 to 4.37) | 0.005 | 3.22 (1.73 to 5.97) | 0.0002 |
| Model 2 | Ref | 1.34 (0.72 to 2.49) | 0.358 | 2.06 (1.09 to 3.87) | 0.025 | 2.86 (1.48 to 5.53) | 0.002 |
| Model 3 | Ref | 1.48 (0.78 to 2.81) | 0.223 | 2.54 (1.31 to 4.92) | 0.006 | 3.24 (1.65 to 6.38) | 0.001 |
| Model 4 | Ref | 1.48 (0.78 to 2.80) | 0.229 | 2.56 (1.32 to 4.96) | 0.006 | 3.25 (1.65 to 6.40) | 0.001 |
| Model 5 | Ref | 1.52 (0.80 to 2.89) | 0.202 | 2.62 (1.35 to 5.13) | 0.005 | 3.29 (1.66 to 6.49) | 0.001 |
| Model 6 | Ref | 1.52 (0.80 to 2.90) | 0.201 | 2.63 (1.35 to 5.12) | 0.005 | 3.28 (1.66 to 6.49) | 0.001 |
Model 2 included child psychological factors including life satisfaction, self-efficacy, self-esteem and health complaints; model 3 additionally adjusted for other child-level factors including child’s age, menarche status, anaemia, stunting, mean frequency of consuming fruits and vegetables and mean frequency of animal foods consumption; model 4 was further adjusted for maternal age; model 5 was adjusted for household factors including wealth index and household size, and finally, model 6 adjusted for the intervention effect model fit statistic for final adjusted model: −2 Log L=520.08; Wald test=50.95, p<0.0001.